Madrid Masters: Dimitrov moves into possible third round with Alcaraz after close encounter with Barrere

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 26 seed, reached the third round of the Madrid Masters by defeating Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2) at the Caja Magica on Friday.

Dimitrov, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.

Barrere, ranked No 56, won against American wildcard Emilio Nava (6-0, 5-7, 6-3) in the previous round of the Madrid tournament.

Madrid Masters, other second-round results (Caja Magica, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Cameron Norrie
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Pedro Cachin
• Cristian Garin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Sebastian Baez vs. Marcos Giron
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ben Shelton
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alexander Bublik vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Sebastian Korda vs. Hugo Grenier
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Richard Gasquet
• Hugo Gaston vs. Borna Coric
• Quentin Halys vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Karen Khachanov vs. Thiago Monteiro: friday
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-5, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (15): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Daniel Altmaier (LL) beat Oscar Otte: 6-4, 7-5
• Jaume Munar beat Tallon Griekspoor (30): 7-6 (3) ret.
• Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat Casper Ruud (3): 6-3, 6-4
• Yoshihito Nishioka (28) beat Alex Molcan: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4